Modifying Settings Using the Admin Configurator

The minimum number of settings that are required to run FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin are accessible through the Admin Configurator that appears during the Admin component installation. You can run the Admin Configurator after installation to configure the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin application when it is not running.

To use the Admin Configurator to change FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin settings:

1. Stop FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin.
   • To stop Admin from the command line, navigate to the Admin installation location, then type the command: flexnet stop
   • If you configured Admin to run as a Windows service, you can stop the service from the Windows Services pane.
2. Open a Command Prompt window (if not already open) and change to admin_install_directory.
3. Type flexnet site to launch the Admin Configurator.
4. Change the settings.
5. Click Save to save the settings to the file admin_install_directory/config/site.properties. The Admin Configurator closes and the new settings are merged into a recreated site directory.
6. Restart FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin.
   • To start Admin from the command line, navigate to the Admin installation location, then type the command: flexnet start
   • If you configured Admin to run as a Windows service, you can start the service from the Windows Services pane.